2002-01-07 Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>

* tracepoint.c (tracepoint_save_command): From Klee Deines --
	use tilde_expand and strerror for opening save-tracepoints file.

gdb/ChangeLog

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2002-01-07  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@redhat.com>
 
+	* tracepoint.c (tracepoint_save_command): From Klee Dienes --
+	use tilde_expand and strerror for opening save-tracepoints file.
+
 	* thread-db.c (thread_db_new_objfile): Indendation fix.
 
 	* infptrace.c (GDB_MAX_ALLOCA): New define.

gdb/tracepoint.c

@@ -2263,7 +2263,7 @@ tracepoint_save_command (char *args, int from_tty)
   struct action_line *line;
   FILE *fp;
   char *i1 = "    ", *i2 = "      ";
-  char *indent, *actionline;
+  char *indent, *actionline, *pathname;
   char tmp[40];
 
   if (args == 0 || *args == 0)
@@ -2275,9 +2275,12 @@ tracepoint_save_command (char *args, int from_tty)
       return;
     }
 
-  if (!(fp = fopen (args, "w")))
-    error ("Unable to open file '%s' for saving tracepoints");
-
+  pathname = tilde_expand (args);
+  if (!(fp = fopen (pathname, "w")))
+    error ("Unable to open file '%s' for saving tracepoints (%s)",
+	   args, strerror (errno));
+  xfree (pathname);
+  
   ALL_TRACEPOINTS (tp)
   {
     if (tp->addr_string)